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						<strong>To edit the drum kit for a drum staff:</strong>
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							<li>Select "Drums" from the staff's channel selection menu to the left of the editing window.</li>
							<li>Click the "Edit" button to the left of the staff.</li>
							<li>The drum kit editing sheet will appear.  The drums available for this staff will appear in order in the right-hand box.  All available drums in the MIDI spec are listed in the left-hand box.</li>
							<li>Drag a drum from the left-hand box to the right-hand box to add it to the staff.</li>
							<li>Drag a drum within the right-hand box to reorder the drums in the staff.</li>
							<li>Click on a drum in the right-hand box and press the DELETE key to remove a drum from the staff.  <strong>Removing a drum for which you've already placed notes may have unpredictable results.</strong></li>
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						<strong>To export the drum kit for a drum staff to a file:</strong>
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							<li>Click the "Edit" button to the left of a drum staff.</li>
							<li>The drum kit editing sheet will appear.  The drums available for this staff will appear in order in the right-hand box.</li>
							<li>Click the "Export" button and select a name and location for the file.</li>
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						<strong>To import the drum kit for a drum staff from a file:</strong>
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							<li>Click the "Edit" button to the left of a drum staff.  The drum kit editing sheet will appear.</li>
							<li>Click the "Import" button and locate the file.</li>
							<li>The drum kit will be loaded from the file and appear in the right-hand box.  <strong>Changing the drum kit for a staff with notes already placed may have unpredictable results.</strong></li>
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				<h2 class="seealso">See also</h2>
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					<a href="drums.html">Using drum staffs</a>
					<a href="help:topic_list=drums bookID=Senor Staff Help template=css/genlist.html stylesheet=css/genlist_style.css Other=SOMETHING Topics">Using drums</a>
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